I wish my neighbors would burn less wood. I am writing now because, although this is a perennial problem, at least one of my neighbors has been burning a lot of wood this season, and the air around my ...

In 2013, the City Club of Portland released a report identifying wood smoke as one of the leading sources of air toxics in Portland. (Janet Eastman/Staff) Fire pits and smoke: It is heartening that ...

The article on wood pellet exports from rural Louisiana parishes is appreciated, but it omits the key fact of why those Europeans so favor wood pellets over oil, natural gas or coal for heating their ...

IN response to the letter proposing the banning of wood burners: there is nothing wrong with wood burners. What's going wrong is people burning unseasoned wood because they won't pay out for the ...

While gathering around a fireplace may be a holiday tradition for some, the unfortunate reality is that wood smoke is made up of pollutants that can harm your family’s lungs. During the winter, wood ...

The discussion regarding wood-burning fireplaces has been a heated issue (excuse the pun) in Napa County. On July 9, 2008, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board adopted Regulation 6, Rule ...

Bloomington is perhaps the center of anti-climate change sentiment in Indiana. The city of Bloomington even has an ambitious "Climate Action Plan" to fight global warming and its serious consequences.

A new Freedom of Information request by Mums for Lungs has revealed that, despite more than 15,000 complaints about toxic ...

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Ohio's coal-fired power plants make the state the third-worst emitter of carbon dioxide pollution in the nation, according to a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project. The group, created ...

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